Parent Overview Year 1
Please find below our Parent Overview detailing what our children in Year 1 are learning this week.
Date w/c 05/01/2026
| Curriculum area | We are learning to… |
|---|---|
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Literacy
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This week we begin our topic on Australia ‘Didgeridoos and kangaroos’. We will begin looking at the text ‘Love from Australia by Ruth Waters. The children will learn lots of different facts about the animals that live in Australia and match them to the different places they are native to. We will then match descriptions to the correct animal to help us write animal riddles! |
| Maths |
This week in maths we will be exploring additive structures, including aggregation and partitioning. We will recap the addition and equal symbols and use these to record addition aggregations. We will develop our understanding of how parts are combined to form the whole/sum and represent problems with missing parts using an addition equation with a missing addend. |
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Phonics and Handwriting |
Phonics: This week we will be learning the sounds er, ir and ur. |
| Wider Curriculum |
Science – To identify, name and sort a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, retiles, birds and mammals. RSHE – To understand what is meant by ‘community’ and be able to discuss/ show how they can help their school community. RE – To understand that different religions have books that are more than special- they are holy or sacred books. Music-To understand the vocabulary of adagio and allegro tempo and apply it within our work. PE – Develop dribbling: Keeping possession Geography – To name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans using maps, globes and atlases |
| Other Information |
Return to school on Monday 5 January 2026 |
Please note this is a basic overview of the planning for this week. It is impossible to cover in this outline all the learning that takes place during a week! We also believe in listening to your children and responding to their interests and ideas therefore all our planning is flexible. Please note some of the learning will take place across more than one week and during some weeks the learning focus may not cover all curriculum areas.